Volume 1

Hertford County records.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905-
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Hertford County records. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    383. 1651. Certificate by the overseer of the works that the parishioners of Little Hormead have done their day’s work for the highways, excepting Mr. Ball, minister of the parish, and William Plummer. VOLUME FOR 1652-1656. 20- Order, made upon hearing the matter concerning the in- equality of the constables’ rate in the parish of Little Hadham, that it appears to the court that a pound rate is the most equal way of rating, and that the parishioners of the said parish should meet together and make a new rate by the pound for constables’ charges, and send the same to some justices of the peace to be confi,rmed. 21. Order that “ Mr. Doctor King,” justice of the peace, should call before him, Richard Benning, of Berkhampstead, who was reported to have “ made away ” his wife. Certificate by the above-mentioned justice that he had strictly enquired into the matter and found no cause of binding anybody over to the sessions, the said woman having died of a “ preternatural desease.’ 22. Examinations concerning Maudlyn Morrice, widow, who did assault, and endeavour to take away a bundle of bushes from Mr. John Berners, of Tharfield, which her children had unlawfully cut and then did threaten to go to Mr. Berners’ hedges and break them. 23. Infornjation of Joane Whillocke, that Mary, wife of George Asser, made an assault upon her, scratching her face and “ drawing blood upon her,” and that George Asser throw a kettle of hot water at her, Mary Asser also saying that the deponent had but one eye and that she would pull out the other. Depositions by certain persons named, touching the above information deposing that they saw the face of the said Joane “to be all over of gore blood.” 24. Information of John Barnard, of the borough of St. Albans, “ officer to the Commissioners of Assize,” [Excise ?] that he was commanded to go to the house of Edward Peacock, of